Barr and Durham strike gold

Flopping Aces ^ | 10-21-19 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

Word comes down today of significant developments in the Barr/Durham investigation of how the Russia hoax was given birth. NBC reported that AG Bill Barr has greatly expanded his investigation and US Attorney John Durham wants to question a number of people in the IC:

WASHINGTON — A review launched by Attorney General William Barr into the origins of the Russia investigation has expanded significantly amid concerns about whether the probe has any legal or factual basis, multiple current and former officials told NBC News.

The prosecutor conducting the review, Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, has expressed his intent to interview a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia's effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, Brennan told NBC News.

Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia's activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter. And there is tension between the CIA and the Justice Department.

It is speculated that Durham's investigation has evolved into a criminal one. Then the report adds something highly significant:

Justice Department officials have said that Durham has found something significant, and that critics should be careful.

John Brennan is sweating:

"I don't know what the legal basis for this is," Brennan said, calling the probe "bizarre."

So are others:

Greg Brower, former assistant FBI director for congressional affairs and a former U.S. Attorney, said it's not normal for a U.S. Attorney to conduct an investigation without an FBI referral of criminal allegations. That's the role of inspector generals, he said.

We've already seen the FBI bury crimes. Not this time. And there's more good news. The CIA weasels are lawyering up

[Connecticut U.S. Attorney John] Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia’s activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter. And there is tension between the CIA and the Justice Department over what classified documents Durham can examine, two people familiar with the matter said.

Isn't that too bad. And there's even more good news.

Thanks to  the estimable Sidney Powell,Gen. Michael Flynn's attorney,  we know that the DOJ had possession of two phones owned by Josef Mifsud.

Lawyers for President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn claim the Justice Department is in possession of two Blackberry devices used by Joseph Mifsud, the mysterious Maltese professor who allegedly played a central role in the launch of the Trump-Russia investigation.

Sidney Powell, who took over Flynn’s legal defense a couple months ago, asked U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan, the presiding judge in the D.C. District Court case, to order the Justice Department to produce the “data and metadata” related to the two devices, according to a Tuesday court filing.

The phones were obtained by the Justice Department “very recently," Powell told the Washington Examiner, adding that Flynn's defense team requested this information from DOJ prosecutors Brandon Van Grack and Jocelyn Ballantine on Friday by email but have not received it.

And now they are in the hands of John Durham.

Thanks to @GregRubini on Twitter, we know a LOT more about those Blackberrys:

[BushCountry]

Grassly just said the IG is running a cover-up. Who are we to believe?

[LeonardFMason]

Is Barr going after Horowitz???

[BrexitBen]

So, Comrade Brennan finds the Barr-Durham investigation
“ bizarre “.

Brennan obviously feels the noose tightening around his neck.

[Psalm 73]

Wake me up when McCabe is in handcuffs....

[glorgau]

How could they not find something?

The wonder of it is how long it is taking to even issue a parking ticket.

[bigbob]

The only reason Nothing But Crap would say anything at all about this is as a warning.

[struggle]

If this is timed perfectly for the 2020 election, it means Trump’s going for the DNC’s neck. Not only do they have no real candidate, but hopefully people will be going to prison.

[BushCountry]

Grassly’s tweet.

All of the delays and excuses why the Horowitz IG FISA report isn’t public yet after several months of anticipation of its issues leads me to the suspicion it’s going to be “deep six” by the deep state

[skinndogNN]

Exactly.

I’m still waiting for Louis Lerner to be arrested.

But the greatest thing ever would be to see Barack Obama in handcuffs.

But it is just not going to happen.

[TTFlyer]

And wake me when Brennan is swinging from a gallows pole.

[ptsal]

Waterboard the whole bunch.

[gr8eman]

Well...they may be looking at mealie mouth Warner and his cronies in the DS. I always thought it was strange that DiFi’s china spy was outed. Looks like she took a powder when she saw the FISA docs being leaked to the NYT, and that may have been retaliation.

[Mr. K]

NBC reported the great expansion of the IG probe based on what Brennan told them.

[oldvirginian]

“If this is timed perfectly for the 2020 election, it means Trump’s going for the DNC’s neck.”

#1 rule of real estate: location, location, location.

#1 rule of politics: timing, timing, timing.

[McGavin999]

Durham is not an IG.

[CMailBag]

I believe the whole thing leads back to Obama. Brennan, Crapper & Comey.

[gr8eman]

Of course, but they pretty much had help from most of the Senate.

[Uversabound]

And wake me when Brennan is swinging from a gallows pole.

AND not one minute before.....did you hear me hannity?

[glennaro]

Agreed. Yada ... yada ... yada. I’ll believe it when I see it.